The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-09 00:00:00

T-Sim Office, J' OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. There will in this week be five opera nights, viz.. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and t atarday. Extra Night. - - 3.1d11e. Adelina Patti ; Signori Rpnconi, Ciampi, and Mario. THIS. EVENING (THURSDAY), June the 9th, Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SINIULIA. Rosina, 3ldile. Adelina Patti; Bertha, Madame Tagliafico; Figaro, big - nor Ronconi ; Bartolo, Signor Ciampi ; Basilio, Signor Tagliafico; F.orello, Signor Polonini ; barg,ente, Signor Rossi ; and Almaviva, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre eta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre.;2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-ofbc? under the portico of the theatre, which is apen from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. /THEATRE ROYAL HA YNIARKET. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. Alter which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone. Rogers, Clark, %I eatheraby, &c. ; 31esdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeiey, Snowden, IN elly l'ower, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conc:ude with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLE f THIS EVENING (Thursday). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden hsff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; Finit Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. Charles ; Messrs. W M'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Morel an d, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss 31 Henrade ; and Gertrude, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half -past 7, and Hamlet COM inences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesec and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING will be performed a new and original Drama, by R. Slows , E sq. , entitled LIGHT AND SHADOW. Mr. D. Murray, D. Fisher, J. W . R ay, J. Nelson, &c. ; Mils Stafford and him Caroline Carson. Atter which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Waller Lacy. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Last Three Nights of the Great Tragediene, Miss Bateman. in the character of -LEAH. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S ZOL, SE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. At er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Biliington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; airs. Bidington. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE : :fessrs. J. L. Toole P. Bedford, it. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. The Weather - une 9, 1864. THERMOMETER. ThLa day at Two o'clock 7l Barometer-29.79. WIND —S.W. ; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. tHis DA - Z.—Morning, sd. 5m. —Afternoon, sh. 22m. Co-moßß.ow.-Morning, sh. 43m.—Afternoon, sh. 58m. 31,1 -; :0 1 104 '11 i ? f; A nit Artokt LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1861. The Government is certainly not fortunate this week, but according to the old adage, that troubles never come single, they appear to have a perfect run of ill-luck. We must admit, however, that their misfortunes were in every case richly deserved. The debate on Monday, whose tone was so unfavourable to the Ministry, and in which Lord PALMERSTON himself showed to signal disadvantage, was indis. putably brought upon them by the more than sus picious attitude they are assuming with respect to Danish affairs. The defeat respecting the National Gallery was a discomfiture with which they will not find many sympathisers, and the decisive, though less conspicuous, adverse majority which followed it on Tuesday, was also well merited from their per sistence in delaying a measure calculated to effect much public good for some reasons best known to themselves. It has unfortunately been too often found that Radicalism evaporates with surprising rapidity on the Treasury Bench, and probably if Mr. ERNEST JONES were made Prime Minister tomor row, his views respecting the charter would be very considerably modified. In accordance with this rule Mr. MILNER GIBSON finds the atmosphere of the Board of Trade by no means suitable for the main. tenance of dangerously practical views, and he too has joined the long list of political special pleaders who find it so easy to oppose all measures of actual reform by voluminous arguments and unsound logic. Accordingly we find the right hon. President of the Board of Trade joining Sir GEORGE GREY, in active opposition to a very useful proposal. The real secret of the Ministerial hostility to Mr. CAIRD'S resolu tion, in favour of a system of collecting and publish ing the agricultural statistics of the country, is pro bably to be found in their reluctance to offend the country electors so near the coming struggle at the hustings. Why else should a scheme so manifestly advantageous to the public, so often eulogised by men of standing and influence, and even some 20 years ago made the subject of a resolution by Mr. M. GIBSON himself, meet with so churlish a recep tion from the Treasury Bench ? Mr. CAIRD moved simply—" That in the opinion of this House the collection and early publication of the agricultural statistics of Great Britain would be advantageous to the public interest." He had naturally views of his own as to the best way of effecting this object, but although he laid them before the House, he did not press them upon it. He contented him• self with moving the exact resolution as we have quoted it, leaving, it would seem, no loophole by which any one who professedly approved of the principle contained in it could possibly escape from its support. Yet specious reasons were not want ing, nor ready words to cover the Ministerial de fection. The chief arguments were, first, that it would be difficult to carry out any scheme for col lecting the required statistics; secondly, that such statistics, when obtained, could not be relied on. Other objections were raised as to the expense, the men to be employed on the service of inquiry, the manner of collection, the extent of ground to be re gistered, the disli ke of the farmers to the plan, and so on. All these objections appear, however, on close inquiry, to have been considerably overstated. The farmers, it is plain, will really profit very much by an accurate knowledge of the state of the agricultural prospects throughout the country. The more comprehensive and accurate the information which a man obtains about his trade the better for hie fortunes, and we are con vinced that the more intelligent and experienced of our farmers would readily admit that an increase of knowledge would be very beneficial to their inte rests. In all other trades and professions men strive to be fully informed of the condition of their special branch of industry throughout the country ; why, 'then, should a farmer, whose prospects are naturally so variable and uncertain, shrink from obtaining that information which he needs above all others. As was said in the course of the debate the other evening, the great corn-dealers have agents who travel from north to south to procure them such information, and it is surely to the aal. vantage of the farmer to be placed on an ea: J/1 14 with his customer in that respect. It eatnnot be LO the profit of the seller to know less "ef the state of his own trade th an th e buyer doe;, Such a condi tion of affairs wo u ld b e r idi cu : ,ed in any other busi ness. Then as to th e o b etacles put i n the way of collecting and puh i :ishing such statistics, they can hardly be of a very formidable nature. Our so incapable o f executing officials are re e s usua ll y any lab ear that they may undertake, and it seeSns that the Registrar-General has expressed hiS conviction of being able to collect the required information with a comparatively small outlay. The expense to which some hon. members attached so much importance is not to be considered in a matter of this nature, when information so nearly affecting the public welfare is to be obtained. But the real amount demanded can hardly be very serious, and it is little more than an artificial ex cuse for opposition. The probable inaccuracy of the returns, about which a good deal was said, is a matte r of pure conjecture, and there is no clear reason why these returns should be less reliable than any eth e • l . 's 0e a similar character. Mr. CAIRD's suggeStiOr i of • taxing a sample district in various parts of the eau,. ‘ practical and moderate ea ananal,mighrtY is a serve as a good intr o duction t o ammosrueree'nlarged measure. It might serve to dispel prejudice and to modify opposition, while the ob. jections raised as to the inquisitorial nature of the returns would be avoided, since the n ames o f th e owners of the sample land need not be known, Mr. CAIRD proposes to take 15 sample districts for the - whole o f G re at Britain, those di str i cts containing 1,500,000 acres, represe ntin g , as he calculated, about one-tenth of ; of the kiogdona the Cultivat e d surface and if such returns Were taken according to the maps of the Ordnance sur vey, the officer taking the Ordnance map o f 100,000 acres, and filling up that map as cultivated, need not know the name of a Single farm or farmer. Other speakers showed that the districts could be selected according to geological principles, so that a fair estimate might be made. Mr. GIBSON'S opposition to this proposal on account of alleged discrepancies between the average of the typical counties in Ireland and Scotland and the produce of the rest of these countries, was by no means well founded, since his own statistics showed that the typical counties at least represented the fact of increased or decreased produce accurately. The one hon. member went so far as to say that he could not s ee why a farmer's should be inquired into more th an a shopkeeper's stock, forgetting that a shopkeeper's stock only concerns himself, whereas the account of a farmer's produce affects the whole Whatever faults may have been committed in the way of omission, or whatever strictures may be passed on the Legislature for inattention to matters of consequence to the country, at all events the Penal Servitude Question will not be classed in the fatal category. It has received care and attention from all degrees and classes, and both Houses have allowed it to engross a due share of their time. In the discussion that took place in the House of Lords the other evening some of the difficulties of the case were again brought forward, and the pros and cons of the measure urged with more or less success. Lord HOUGHTON moved an amendment that had fer its object to do away with the plan proposed of making it incumbent on the ticket-of leave man to report himself to the police once a month. His lordship spoke with great earnestness on the point ; but, notwithstanding his fluent argu ments, it must appear on consideration that the proposal, if apparently harsh, is yet a necessary one. Lord CARNARVON, who is a good authority on such matters, is a strenuous advocate for the retention of the police supervision, and the reasons that he adduces in support of his views seem to be very comprehensive and to bear reference to the most vital interests of the community, and in the end to show that the stern measure of justice meted out will be the most merciful treatment that the unhappy individual himself can receive. Lord CARNARVON explained that to carry oat the change proposed nearly all the effect of the numerous dis missions that had taken place would be done away with, as the ten changes introduced by the measure of the Secretary of State could easily be recalled after the fancy of a successor, and thus we should insensibly glide back to our former inefficient sys tem. This is a most cogent reason for agreeing to the new regime, for it is imperatively necessary that all the alterations that take place in our prison discipline should be fixed on some firm basis, and be rendered secure from change and free from in. novation. It would have the most effect upon the men themselves, and on their associates who have not yet been convicted, if the idea obtains among them that, after all, legislation in their affairs is a very doubtful case, and that after much outcry they are left pretty much in statu quo. What if some sharp-witted one assures the others that, no matter how stern or severe certain innovators of the system may be, there will al ways rise up some friend at the last to rescae them from the extreme penalty and obtain that care and consideration which have for so long been shown to them. Such a notion becoming prevalent would ruin all future attempts at discipline. It will never do for these unruly spirits to think that they are beyond all management, and that, rather than adopt coercive measures to a great extent, we are willing to let things take their chance, and allow them virtually to get the better of us. Lord CARNARVON Was also very happy in his exposure of the fallacy of Lord HOUGHTON'S argument as to the infringe meat of the rights of the subject. He showed that these convicts had no right to liberty, but were permitted as an act of grace to be at large for a season. Finally, he put the case in its true light by saying that " the only way to get rid of the evils of an irregular and objectionable espionage was to establish a regular system of responsible police supervision." This will obviate the necessity of patty interference, and of minor arrangements which militate against carrying out its original. intentions. It should be recollected that when these convicts are constantly giving the excuse that it is the persecution of the police that has driven them into crime ag,tin ; bat if such be the case, in some isolated instances, it cannot be the cause of so many reconvictions as are constantly occurring. Another plea for the adoption of this system is that in Ireland where it has bean tiled fer some time, the most satisfactory results have taken place,and neither have there been vehement assertions, indignant protests, or scepti cal suggestions against its continuance, such as have abounded in this country ever since any men tion was made of a plan to curtail the licenses now permitted to convicts outside the prison walls, and to render more severe the discipline that prevails in the interior of these establishments. It is never too late to mend, is a very old but at the same time a very wise saying, and it cannot be too forcibly applied to this question before us, that we have failed utterly and unmistakeably in our mode of dealing with these desperate characters, and the chief cause of annoyance is that it is so very diffi cult to make the majority of persons understand the question in its innate importance and vast con sequences. A sort of morbid sentimentality seems to prevail, and while pity is thrown away upon the criminal, justice is not rendered to his victims, nor to the society whose peace he endangers and whose property he imperils—all mistaken excitement is productive of evil consequences, and if half of the superabundant energy and enthusiasm that is ex pended on the state of the culprit were bestowed upon struggling honesty and p overty , an d on suffering virtue in trouble or sickness, how diffe rent would the state of society become, and how far more equitably would its laws be adjusted. There is no reason why the offender should be neglected or despised; let all available means be adopted to bring him back to the paths of rest tude and honesty, but that desideratum can never be gained .by blameable indulgences and ecanty supervision. The measure now before the House may very likely not solve the difficulty of the complicated question, but at all events it goes some way in the right road, it brings the prisoners under a better mode of discipline, and seems to provide some means f, r holding a check over them when they are left to take care of themselves for a time. ,In the event of this suggestion of police supervision not answering, there will be additional cause to regret the hasty decision of the Govern meat, not to allow a greater number of transporta tions to places where the difficulties that abound here cannot intrude to mar the progress of a reme dial measure. The Archbishop of Canterbury had s dinner party the other evening at Lambeth Palace. The Duchess of Somerset left the First Lord's official residence at the Admiralty on Monday, to pass a week at Bulstrude, Bucks:. The Duchess of Sutherland has left Stafford Horse, St James's, for Trentham, &affordslaire. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland left town for Cliefden, near Maidenhead, after attending the nuptials of Lord and Lady Frederick Cavendish. The Earl and Countess of Wiuchilsea and the Countess of Uxbridge have arrived at the St George's Hotel. The Right Hon. C. Fortescne and Frances Countess Waidegrays entertained at dinner last evening, at their residence in Carlton-gardens, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl and Countess Somers, the Earl and Countess of Morley and Lady Katherine Parker, Lord and Lady Skelmorsdale, Lord and Lady Claremont, the Bishop of Oxford, Lady Georgiana Bertia, Mr and Lady Horatia Wardlaw, Sir Henry Cottetrell, Mr Hayward, and Mr Wm. Harcourt. The Earl and Countess of Cawdor had a dinnet par! y yesterday evening at their residence in South Aud ley street. Among the company were Lord Redesdale, Lord and Lady Cremorne, Lord and Lady Chesham, Lord Houghton, Sir Robert Brownrigg, Ho n . 0 . Cavendish, Sir J 1 Frederick and Lady 1,4970,Z1r 6ze Commence at 7. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING. THE SILENT SYSTEM. After which, 3IAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &c. ; plisses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. T. Thorn Ct. Commence at 7. THE ASCOT.— RACE GLASSES (the best) at CAT.LAGITAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. \. B.—dole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. JAY'S, The London General Mourning Warehouse, 217, 249, and 251, Regent-street. .Tune 1, 1864. NOVEL STYLE in FRENCH BONNETS,— French laslt'on has produced Bonnets for this montls of a light gossamer texture, which accommodate the present style of wearing and displaying the lady's h ,ir. They are of the most exquisite variety, and, though still adhering to the favourite colours of black, white, and neutral, are entirely remodelled in shape, size, and substance. 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Forms of Proposal, Pro petuses, and Agency Applications may be obtained trona thy goad Office, 2, Waterloo - PlaCe , Dell-Ball, London. TvEss BATEMAN asLEAH.—LAST THREE NIGHTS of the Great Tragedienne in her original character of the Jewish Maiden, in which she hay appeared before crowded, fashionable, and delighted audiences every evening for the past e,ght months. The great attractiveness of this closing series of representations render it necessary to secure seats at once, as the box book is being rapidly filed. R OYAL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. rowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dion Boucicault ,Esq., every Evening , . Re• engagement of those ce•ebraced and popular artistes, Mr. ant Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. d. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. Kobinson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, MISP Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comedy, in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicaulr, entitled THE FOX CHACE Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. W. Chamner laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank Matthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke ; Miii Fanny Josephs, Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Swanborouqh. pARis BONNETS for JUNE.—Messrs. JAY'S Manaczer has h s day returned from Paris with an +ssortment of the most elegant and fashionabie Summer Bonnets. selected from the magasins of the first houses in that City. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1864. community. It is highly satisfactory that the reso lution was carried as a precedent for future times, since we have littlo hopes of seeing it embodied in a practical measure by our present supine adminis tration, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LEEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] RUSSIA. Termination of the War in the Caucasus, ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 8. A despatch from the Grand Duke Michael announces that the war in the Caucasus is now terminated, and that no more tribes remain to be conquered. The Moscow and Sebastopol Railway, ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 8, It is asserted that a contract has been definitively concluded by Mr. Hope, the manager of the Inter national Financial Company of London, with the Russian Government for the construction of the Moscow and Sebastopol Railway. The works ere to be commenced in the course of this year. AMERICA. been anticipated. Mr. PARNESS seconded the resolution, and said if they did not stop the Metropolitan Board it would go on clipping their wings till they should have nothing to do but find the money. Mr. Ross did not oppoie Mr. Taylor's motion, but thought it would be more effective in the first place to confine it to the fire brigade. The centralisation of the Metropolitan Board was be- coming intolerable, and the parishes could manage their local fire brigades far better than the Metro- politer' Board. He should move to call upon the borough members to oppose the Fire Brigade Bill. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was put and carried unanimously, The Right of Meeting in the Parks. Yesterday afternoon the committee of the metro politan electors appointed to confer with the mem hers for the metropoiitan boroughs as to the right of the Government to prohibit peaceable public meetings in the parks, assembled in the Tea-room of the House of Commons, for the purpose of receiv ing a report drawn up by the legal gentlemen con nected with the committee. Mr EDMOND BEALES, M.A., was called to the chair, and after a few introductory remarks, read a _ _ _ long and elaborate report treating of the rights formerly and now possessed by the Crown over what were called the Royal Parks. The report stated that all personal rights over the parks pos , sessed by the Crown, and all revenues arising therefrom, had been given up in 1701, and the parks dedicated to the use of the people, with certain restrictione, none of which related to public meetings, in return for a fixed payment from the Consolidated Fund, now forming part of the Royal civil list. The management of the parks was then vested in a commission, the Chief Commissioner being paid out of the public moneys, and all ex penses of the parks being also paid from the same source. The report recited various Acts of Parlia ment relating to these transactions, and then went on to say that no Act could be found upon the statute book conferring either upon the Home Se cretary, the Chief Commissioner Qf Works, or the Commissioner of Police the power of preventing peaceable public meetings in these parks. As to the right of the people to meet in what were called the Parliamentary parks, such as the Regent's Park, Primrose Hill, Victoria Park, &a., it stood on a foundation beyond dispute. Considerable discussion followed the reading of the report, in which Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. Whaley, M.P., -Major Richards, Capt. Rogers, Mr. Nicholay, Mr. Westerton, Mr. Sheen, and other gentlemen took part, and ultimately it was resolved, on the motion of Major Richards, seconded by Mr. Wes tenon, "That the report read by Mr. Beales be printed, and proofs supplied to every member of the committee previous to its final adoption, and before the metropolitan members are asked to take action upon the subject." A vote of thanks to the chairman having been passed, the committee adjourned. i I EXTREMES OF HEAT AND COLD.—Near EtithWitite Lake, on the 19th May, the heat in the shade reached 89 degrees, and on th e 31 st t h e cold was down to three degrees below freezing. Snow was three inches deep on the top of Hellvellyn yesterday week. YANKEE BRASS. —The editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, lately arrested for hoaxing the New York papers, by a pretended proclamation of President Lincoln, has addressed the following letter to the Eagle, from the walls of Lafayette :—" Dear Eagle, —In the language of the ' magnificent' Vestiali, 'I am here.' I think I shall stay here, at least till I get out. Perhaps you are surprised at my sudden departure; so was I. But I received a pres sing invitation from General Dix to come down here, which I did not feel at liberty to decline, so I didn't. Bob Murray brought the invitation. Bob Murray is United States mar shal, and he marshalled me the way I should go ; so I thought it best to go it. Bob is a nice man; he has a very taking way with him; but I wouldn't recommend you to cultivate his acquaintance." MACKEREL.—The Cornish fishery for the week ending on Monday last was again very productive, and mackerel, large in size and excellent in quality, continue to be in plentiful supply in the county. Large quantities were sent by sail to London and elsewhere, and the curing process was carried on somewhat extensively. Employment was thus given to a considerable number of poor people, of both sexes, who are by no means illiberally paid for their work, The St. Ives boats for the week were, as has been the case for some time past, the most fortunate, the catches of the Mount's Bay and other fleets being comparatively small. In the early part of the week the catches off St. Ives averaged 2,000 per boat; price 10a to 19s per six score. On Wednesday the largest catch was about 1,600 ; price 163. On Thursday the average was again 2,000; price 16s to 183. Good luck did not desert the fishermen en Friday, the average being 2,000. The supply of fish had now be come very large, and prices consequently gave way, the quotations being Ile to 15s. Some difficulty was experi enced in getting rid of the fish in reasonable time. On Saturday the local markets were all well stocked, and mackerel was retailed, in good condition, at 8, 10, and 11 1 for a shilling. OA Monday the catches Were not large, ' (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) SOUTHAMPTON, Jr;NE 9. The Hamburg American Company's steamship Germania, with the English, French, and Gelman mails, has arrived. She brings 13 passengers for Havre, 38 for Southampton, and 122 for Hamburg. The Germania left New York at 4 a,m. on the 29th, having been detained in getting over the bar of the harbour. On the sth inst., in lat. 48 57 N., long. 26'46 W., she spoke the British barque Liverpool Packet; on the 6th inst., in lat. 49 N,, long. 20.13 W., the British barque Parsee ; and on the Bth, off the Liz ird, the Datch ship Pre• sident van Rickevorsa. The Germania brings no specie. Her news hes Increased Taxation by the Metropolitan Board of WorKs. Yesterday the Representative Vestry of St. Pan cras assembled at the Vestry Hall, Camden Town (Mr Churchwarden Robson in the chair), for the purpose of electing a member to represent Sr. Pan ' eras at the Metropolitan Board, in the room of Mr Francis Healey, J.P., who ceased to be so by of iuxion of time. Mr I. R. Collins moved, and Mr H. Farrer seconded, the re-election of Mr Healey, which was carried unanimously in a very full board. Mr HEALEY, in thanking the vestry for this renewal of their confidence, referred to the various measures before the Metropolitan Board, tending to increase the taxation of the metropolitan ratepayers, but also the many others which he said were "looming in the dis tance." A bill had passed through Parliament for the establishment of a park for Bermondsey. Then there was the Fire Brigade and Fire Escape Bill. Again, there was the scheme of Alderman Salomons for throwing open Southwark and Water loo bridges, as well as schemes for various other improvements, the whole of which would involve a large amount of additional taxation if they were carried out. He and his colleagues had done their best to check this onward increase, and would con tinue to do so, but they required support. (Hear.) Mr. SILAS TAYLOR, the other member for St. Pancras at the Metropotitan Board, said the mem bers of that board, who desired to carry out eco ❑omy and check the onward march of taxation, could do nothing unless they were firmly backed up by the vestries and district boards. He moved a resolution expressive of the alarm with which that vestry viewed the proposed increase of the rates of the metropolis, not only with reference to public improvements, and especially for Southwark, Park lane, the fire brigade, and the bill for purchasing Southwark and Waterloo•bridges, and calling upon Parliament to place the horse and carriage duties levied on the metropolis at the disposal of the Me tropolitan Board for such purposes, and not farther tax the ratepayers. The resolution further called upon other vestry and district boards to co-operate in aiding the Metropolitan Board to sustain this concession. Mr. Taylor added that there had been a pressure attempted to be put on the Metropolitan Board to expend £lBO,OOO on improvements in Park-lane, which would cost St. Pancras about £14,000; and if the purchase of the bridges scheme were carried out, it would in the 20 years tax them £70,000 or £BO,OOO. PRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 9. The Constitutionn e l of to-day says :—" The re. plies of Austria and Prussia have arrived. These Powers are stated to consent to the prolongation of the armistice for a fortnight," Official despatches received here from Algeria, announce that the Marabout Si-el-Azerey had attacked General Lapasset, at Gueld-Bouzid, but was vigorously repulsed. General Rose arrived at Without having experie nce d th e Z le a a m st or r a e h sis o t n aa t c h e e 3d . The province of Constantine his remained tran quil. Execution of La Pommerais. PARIS, JUNE 9. La Pommerais was executed this morning at six o'clock. BOURSE, June B.—Business continues very limited in amount, speculators refraining from operations in the present unsettled state of political affairs. The market however, remains firm. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 67f. Mobilier show a slight improvement, being now at 1,137 f. 50c, Railway Market quiet, with but trifling variations. The market closed as follows :- 4i per Cents 93 40 i Italian L0an...... 70 20 Do. end month Do. end month.... 70 20 3 per Cents Do. end month..,. 67 05 New Mexican Credit Mobilier,... 1135 Russian Do, end month.... InB 75 Austrian Bank Sh ares 3360 Spanish Threes.,.. 50k Credit Foncier 1250 Rome Debt ..... . 50 25 Roman ......... 75 35 Deferred ........ a..k IL WAYki. Orleans Northern . ... Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto - Southern Western Eastern •• ••• • • • •s•s • • 465 -- .. 466 25 Sardinian ..... 370 .. 370 Austrian Lombard North of Spain ... 447 50 .. 447 50 Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona Cash. Account. 871 25 ~ 872 50 992 50 .. 992 50 865 .. 865 -- SPAIN. A communication from Madrid in the MesBc - Iger of Bayonne says The question of Peru occupies general attention. Public opinion is excited, and urges the Government to adopt energetic measures to avenge the outraged dignity of Spain. It is thought disastrous that the Spanish Government should have so foolishly exhausted itself and sacri ficed 10,000 men in the unhealthy land of Santo Domingo. But the general feeling does not stop at such considerations. It only sees a State guilty of wrongs against Spain. The discussion on the bill re lative to public meetings continues in the Congress. M. Polo delivered a speech on the subject, in which he made some very good remarks. He proved that the abstention of the Progressista party was th 3 result of the direction imparted to the suffrage, which can only be falsified in the ;resent state of things. The committee appointed to examine the bill on the press has constituted itself under the presidentship of M. Coello, with M. Barca as secretary. Its report will, it is said, be presented in a few days. The formation of a Progressista committee is also announced, and of which most of the men of that party who recognise the Duke de la Victoria as the chief, will form part. The Minister of Marine has presented for the signature of her Majesty a decree for the new organisation of the guarda-costae. Count de Reuss has returned to Madrid." ITALY. A Tarin letter of the 4th contains the following : —" Great attention,is directed towards the finances of Italy at the present moment. People often speak without reflection on that grave matter, and It is well, in crder to remove all uncertainty on the subket, to hear competent men express themselves clearly and openly, us was done this evening by M. Lanza, the president of the general commission on the Budget. That gentleman said that the deficit on the Budget for the current year would not be less than 300,000,000 f., and the Minister of Finance did not contest the exactitude of those figures. However enormous that amount may be, it would cause no uneasiness to the Italians and the friends of Italy ; if for many years yet a deficit of certainly not less than 200,000.00 0 f. was not expected. Tne most immediato of the anxieties and efforts of Count Cavour was the formation of a numerous, powerf u l, an d well - d i sc i p li n ed army. We have several ti mes h ear d hi m say The formation of a stro ng I ta li an army i s t h e first step towards the assimil a ti on o f t h e diff ere nt elements of the Italian family: Bat, however numerous the Italian army may be, it is not yet in a position to conquer Ven e ti a . Th at was at l e ast said a few days back by the Minister of War in announcing that, in spite of his 380,000 men, ' Italy was not yet in a situation to do without allies. The fact must be stated that savings are being made on Ow War Budget. If Italy has not an army of 500,000 men to throw on the other side of the Miccio, the reason is that the Minister of Finan ce , a larmed at the deficit, does not dare to increase the effective of the army. For a long time past men of the Moderate party and the journals most eevoted to the principle of authority have said—' Either war or disarmament.' That is perhaps an incorrect manner of putting the question. The latter would be an act of cowardice, and an abdication. What ought to be said is ' War and disarmament.'" A communication from Niples says d'Afflitte, prefect of this city, who was thought by many to be in disgrace, has just been named by a motu proprio of the King, to the dignity of Grand Cordon of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus. The military tribunal has just condemned to 20yeara imprisonment an officer who, being surrounded by brigands, surrendered. The municipal councils of the Neapolitan communes have all voted assistance for the widows of the Poles and for the famishing inhabitants of Hungary. In the meantime Neapo litan celebrities, both living and dead, are thought of—the philosopher Pietro Gia nnone, who will soon have a monument in Naples , and t h e young impro visator, Giannina Milli, in favour of whom the ladies of Florence has raised a generous subscrip tion in order to avoid,' says M. Niccolo Tommeseo, the too frequent repetition of those trials and ex ertions of the mind which are not less distressing to witness than admirable in themselves. The fact is that this poor young girl excited at the same time applause and pity at the theatres and concert rooms where, in order to obtain a living, she was con demned to periodical exhibitions of her intellectual strength." Count Minster has arrived at tho Hydo-pirk Hotel from Hanover. The Count and Countess d'Haussonville have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, an their return to Paris. Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe entertained the Marquis of Sligo, Count Munster, Lady Charlotte Denison, Lady Geary and Miss Geary, and a select party, at dinner, on Tuesday, at their residence in Grosvenor-elqare. Lord Elgin's Last Days, At times he delighted to hear his little girl, who had been the constant companion of his travels, repeat some of Keble's hymns, especially those on the festivals of St. John the Evangelist, and of the Holy Innocents. Years ago he had prided himself in having been the first to introduce into Scotland "The Christian Year," which he brought as a student from Os ford, where the first edition—first of its seventy-seven editions—had just appeared. Huw touching a reward to him—how touching a tribute to the enduring piety and genius of its venerable author, that after the lapse of so long a tract of time to both—of quiet pastoral life and eager controversies for the one ; of diplomacy and government, war and shipwreck, and travels from hemi sphere to hemisphere for the other—that fountain of early devotion should remain still fresh and pure to soothe his dying hours. Until his strength failed him he was carried at times into the verandah, and showed by words and looks his constant admiration at the grand evidences of God's power and good ness in the magnificence of the scene before him; and on one such occasion was delighted with the sublime descrip tion of the wonders of nature in the 38th and 39th chapters of the Book of Job. At times he was able to enter into conversation and argument on serious subjects. When under the pressure of his sufferings he was one night entreating to be released—" Oh that God would in mercy come and take me!"—Dr Macrae reminded him of the dread of pain and death which seemed to be expressed in the account of the Agony of Gethsemane, and he appeared to find much com fort in the thought, repeating once or twice that he had not seen it in thin liislat horses, rani. ec -crnl truica zaj-iia6 with fervour, "Not my will, but Thine be done." At other times he could even be led, by way of steadying his wandering thoughts amidst the distraction of restless ness, to fix them on his school and college days, to tell anecaotos of his hard reading, or to describe the visit to Oxford of his venerable friend Dr. Chalmers. He dwelt in this way on a sermon of Dr. Chalmers' at Glasgow, which he remembered even in detail, and from which he quoted some eloquent passages, bringing out the general scope of the sermon, to the effect that, rather than teach men to hate this bad world, we should teach them to love and look up to a better one. It will naturally be understood that long converse was really impossible. As occasions rose, a •few words were breathed, an appropriate verse quoted, and a few minutes were all that could be given at any one time to discourse upon it. It is characteristic of his strong, cheerful faith, even dur ing those last trying moments, that he on one occasion asked to have the more supplicatory, penitential Psalms exchanged for those of praise and thanksgiving in which he joined, knowing them already by heart, and in the same strain of calm yet triumphant hope, he whispered to himself on the night when his alarming state was first made known to him, " Hallelujah! the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. We shall all meet again." , That thought was raised to its highest pitch by the sight of a portrait of a beloved son, who had died in England during his absence. It arrived in the close of those sad days. He recognised it at once, with a burst of tenderness and delight which at once lifted his mind above the suffering et his mortal illness. Again and again he desired to see it, and to speak of it, with the fixed conviction that he and his "angel boy," as he called him, would soon meet in a better world. " 011 . 1 when shall Ibe with you ?" " You know where he is; we shall all go to him ; he is happy." Every care had been taken for the' public interests, and for the interests of those still nearer and dearer to him. He laid the most solemn charge on his faithful secretary to conduct Lady Elgin home on her mournful and solitary voyage. He had given to Dr Macrae with the tenderest marks of affection, a turquois ring—" We have had a long struggle together ; keep this in memory of it." He had dictated a telegram to the Queen resigning his office, with a request that his successor might be immediately appointed. With this exception, public affairs seem to have faded from his mind. " I must resign myself to doing no work. I have not sufficient control over my thoughts. I have washed my hands of it all." But it was remarkable that as the end drew nearer, the keen sense of public duty once more flashed up within him. Is was on the 19th that ha could not help expressing his wonder what was meant by his long lingering ; and once, half wandering, he whispered, " If I did not die, I might go to Lahore, and carry out the original programme." Later on in the day he sent for Mr. Thurlow, and desired that a message should be sent, through Sir Charles Wood, expressive of his love and devotion to the Queen, and of his determination to do his work to the last possible moment. His voice, faint and inaudible at first, gained strength with Le earnestness of the words which came forth as if direct from his heart, and which, as soon as proneuncei, left him prostrate with the exertion. He begged, at the same time, that his "best blessing" might be sent to the Secretaries of the Indian Government, and also a private message to Sir Charles Wood in England. These were his last public acts. A few words and looks of intense afftc , ion for his wife and child were all that escaped him afterwards. One more night of agonised restlessness, followed by an almost sudden close of the long struggle, and a few moments of perfect calm, and his spirit was re leased, Ills death was on the 20th of November, and on the 21st he was privately buried, at his awn request, on the spot selected beforehand. SALE OF THE PRESENTATION PLATE OF MR. G. V. BROOKE.—Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods sold at their great sale rooms, King street, St. James's, the gold and silver plate presented at various times to Mr. G. V. Brooke, the eminent tragedian. The following are the principal articles sold, with the prices realised:—A richly-chased solid gold goblet, on stand of the same, 340 z, 18dwt., inscribed " Presented to G. V. Brooke by his friends and admirers in Melbourne, March 19 1856"—ill`20—a beautiful candelabrum, with branches for six lights and frosted figures of a nymph and satyr on shaped plinth with extra scences, about 185 ounces, " To G. V. Brooke, from his friends in Sydney, New South Wales, in acknowledgment of hip unsurpassed histrionic talents, and as a mark of their appreciation of his delinea tion of the characters of Shakepere, 13th July, 1855"—a9 10s. A silver tea and coffee service, a tea-kettle with stand and spirit lamp, teapot, coffeepot, sugar basin, "Presented to G. V. Brooko, Esq., by a few of his many friends in Boston and Providence." A piece of gold quartz, sur mounted by a figure of Shakspere on plinth of virgin gold, "Presented to G. V. Brooke, Esq., by the Company of Mr Coppin's Olympic, Melbourne." Some other articles, the property of Mr Brooke, were also sold. The collection rea• lised about £3OO. The Orcadian says that a linnet's nest with five eggs was found in the mainsail of a Kirkwall packet boat, the sail not having been unfurled for about a fortnight pre viously, The current number of the North British Review, which is one of great ability and variety, contains .3 long article on the character of the late Lord Elgin, under the title of "Lord Elgin In Memoriam." Judging from internal evidence, it is supposed to be from the pee of the Duke of Argyle. We eitract from it the following interesting, and, in parts, affecting account of the last days of the late Gover. nor-General of India : On the 6th of November, Dr Macrae came to the conclu sion that the illaess was mot tal. This intelligence, which he communicated at once to Lord Elgin, was received with a calmness and fortitude which never deserted him through the scenes which followed. When once ho had satisfied him self, by minute inquiries from Dr Macrae, of the true state of the case, after one deep, earnest, heartfelt regret that he should thus suidenly be parted from those nearest and dearest, to whom his life was of such inestimable importance, and that he should be removed just as he had prepared him self to benefit the people committed to his charge, he steadily set his face heavenward. He was startled, he was awed; he felt it " hard, hard, to believe that his life was condemned," but there was no look ing backward. Of the officers of his staff he took an affec tionate leave on that day. "It is well," he said to one of them, "that I should die in harness." And thenceforth he saw no one habitually, except Dr Macrae, who combined with his medical [skill the tenderness and devotion at once of a friend and of a pastor, his attached secretary, Mr Thur low, who had rendered him the most faithful services, not only through the period of his Indian vice-royalty, but during his last mission to China; and her who had shared his every thought, and whose courageous spirit now rose above the weakness of the fragile frame, equal to the great ness of the calamity, and worthy of him to whom, by night and day, she constantly ministered. On the following day the clergyman whom he had ordered to be summoned, and for whose arrival he waited with much anxiety, reached Dhurmsala, and administered the Holy Communion to himself and those with him. "We are now entering on a new Communion," he had said that morning, "the Living and the Dead," and his spirit then appeared to master pain and weakness, and to sustain him in a holy calm during the ceremony and for a few hours afterwards. "It is a comfort," he whispered, " to have laid aside all the cares of this world, and put myself in the hands of GJd ;" and he was able to listen at intervals to favourite passages from the New Testament. That evening closed in with an aggra vation of suffering. It was the evening of the seventeenth anniversary of his wedding day. On the following morning, Lady Elgin, with his approval, rode up to the cemetery at Dhurmsala to select a spot for his grave, and he gently expressed pleasure when told of the quiet and beautiful aspect of the spot chosen, with the glorious view of the snowy range towering above, and the wide prospect of hill and plain below. The days and nights of the fortnight which foil( wed were a painful alternation of severe suffering and rare intervals of comparative tranquillity. They were soothed by the never-failing devotion of those that were always at hand to read to him or to re ceive his remarks. He often asked to hear chosen chapters from the Book of Isaiah (as the 40th and sCth), sometimes murmuring over to himself any striking verses that they contained, and at other times repeating by heart favourite Psalms, which recalled to him an early feat of his youth, when he had translated into Greek the 137th Psalm--" By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept." HER MAJESTY, Portsmouth, The Prince and P r i ncess L ou i s o f Hesse Oa the Princess Victoria of H esse a l so arr i ve d at the / ei . attended by Baroness von Grancy, Captain vou terweller, and Dr. Weber. Departure of the Court from Balmer"' : The Queen and th e ro y a l f am i ly an d atteud s i left Balmoral on Tuesday at 12 30 p.m. To e party drove in carr i ages to Aboyne,ttanging 13° " t 8e be as usual at B tllater. The weather, which i rj t i ti t morning had been dark and dull, having b 1 ;01 time cleared, with stron g th oug h fi t f u l sanebilieda bracing wind, made the d r i ve a very pleasant ; 01 There were along with h er M a j esty th e Prifi ce- o k Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and Prince L e°P tbe it The Prince and Pri ncess o f L e i n i ngen , With or infant daughter the P r i ncess Alb erta , a lso fa c " oc e panied the Queen, and there were in afta d , l3 , - 01 General Grey, Lady Churchill, M rs Bruce, G ° '; o o Liddell, &c. The train was timed to leave ANt at 2.32, but it started a couple of minutes late; 4 1 Duncan, chairman of the directors of the ner n l t io and several of his fellow directors, acconno tlie 33ll train. Ferryhill, Ab er d een , was reac hed et ell being three minutes within the hour. Here, (18 ; to as at Aboyne, a cons id era bl e assem bl age had 11 7 t t o greet the Queen. D ur i ng t h e stoppage l'B carriages the bli n d on t h e d oor o f her Miie'tial carriage was drawn, and the royal occupant i3l3c :b herself to the spectato rs , b ow i ng repeatedly t°"„elii respectful cheers. Dr Matth e w, C o l. Christi e a ' " r o Mr Birnie, directors of the Scottish Nortivlt,ega Railway, having taken their plac es i n the Oa r- - the train moved on, after a stay of five mio otes ;i o o, The royal train entered th e gene ral et s " o o Perth, at 6.16 p.m., being two minutes bef oll3 t he time at which it was expected to arrive. 0 ad train stopping, her Maj_sty, the princesses 50 princes, and suite, were con d uc t e d to the t°° i • prepared for their acc ommo d at i on, and i Isv : h ibe they partook of dinn er . H er Majestyan" be younger branches of the royal family seemed t° in perfect health, and, j u d g i ng f rom the elV e t il b e once of the royal party, t h e i r s h or t so journ i s "f r Highlands had been p ro d uc ti ve o f t h e most b en !, cial effects. The Queen wa s d resse d in roournitille; but the princesses wore light summer dreline s • jesty was received on the platform b y se veral dl tors of the Scottish C en t ra l an d North Easters" , .ra ways. Oa the Queen l eav i ng the royal ca rrie f; and while crossing th e pl at f o rm to the W oo s in which dinner w as p repare d, her Majesty Lu cordially shook hands with Lady Lucy Gra titt o did also the Princess Helena. According tOp r le t ous arrangement, the Duchess Dowager of A t ' l° oo accompanied by Miss Macgregor, arrived et f Genera! Station, Perth, at 4 a. m ., f or the purrs, e , ° o having an interview with h er M b j esty. view between the Queen and the duchess took Pi t 4 in the board-room of th e S cott i sh N ort h-EBsttebre Railway directors. On her Majesty crossiug; platform to the royal carriage she was en thils' il- c o; cally cheered, and, on the royal train moving ta , the plaudits were o f t h e most voc if erous charae;"ol There was a large num b er o f t h e c itizens of do f on the platform, b u t th ere was no m ilit a ry g tifir honour. The Queen's Return to Windsor. 0 8 , Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princ ess t he _ena, Louise, and Beatrice, Prince Leopo ld ' of Princess of L e i n i ogen , an d t h e P r i nce ss Albe rt ! v o Leiningen, arrived at Windsor yesterday n iclii s i dol having left Baim ora l a b ou t one o ' c l oc k enitb afternoon. Her Majesty and the Royal family' 0 by the suite and attend a nt s , t rave ll ed f ro m Ab rl Y 1,00 a special train of 15 carriages provided by t he don and North Western Railway. f t he The royal saloon w as pl ace d i n th e ceetre ° n o. train, and was occupied by the Queen and Frl i Helena ; the two saloons next, and in front,: a iset royal saloon wer e occup i e d by Princess Princess Leiningen, Princees Alberta, Lady C` i- a0 ift ill, Mrs. Bruce, and a tt en d ants ; w hil e the s al° n - es , the rear of the Qu een ' s was se t apart f or the Le o p old Beatrice, the governess and maids; Prince and certain members of the Court. 'OO l4 The royal train started from Aboyne 2.30 p.m., and t rave ll e d a l ong t h e D ees ide ib a " i lea)' to Aberdeen, and thenc e t o P er th (122 - 1 A 4 which was reached at 6.18 in the eventl i g' ro itti hour's stay was m a d e h ere , i n or d er that th e fr olr passengersand th e ir s u it e m i g ht t a k e s ome r e g fl oci ment. Carlisle, th e fi rs t s t a ti on o f t h e Ler ido- frotO North-Western Railway, and 2731--, Mile s 0 0 Aboyne, was made at 11.40 p.m., and the:W i t :od with the Great Western Railway at 131 ' 115 (454 miles) at 5.10 a.m.' Wbt At this point the care of the roy a.l tralo the transferred to the ch arge o f M r . J. rier o ",' general manager, and M r . K e ll e y, t h v dicv ° o o4 superintendent, of the Great Western I t ailwAY' do ce the train then proceeded ou its way t o O riti o r eA s finally arriving at the terminus of th e be fot . Western Railway at B.ss—just five nil eutelsnolf: the appointed time. The journey from . 13 ' 1113 f - nr oe ° distance of about 600 miles, having beeti P er - in 20 hours. A 1 o ftli° About five minutes previous to the arric d o tt , royal train, his Royal Highness Prince Al fre o r( 11 companied by his suite, drove into the eter i°El tr oce' and, alighting at the Queen's private e/3 ",„ passed on the platform, wh e r e h o a waited 1 pearance of the Queen. r ole As her Majesty and each member of the atsl}! family left the saloons they were most affect i° l 3 or received by Princ e Alf re d . H er Majest-1, 14 peared to have borne the fatigue of tbe e llei ls journey remarkably well, seemed in ea health T 0 ,00 'he royal party then entered the e,trriageB' *The were driven rapidly up the hill to the east le , r fie f royal stand ar d was h o i s t e d on th e Iteu rjri d - ° T be immediately on the quadrangle being reaalle".:h Queen's return to Windsor was conducted W i ' r a of treme privacy, and there was not even a honour at the station. t P re ; Hitherto no objection has been made t o "licci'- eol°. sence of the townspeople o n th e platform t o the Queen on her arrival ; b u t, for some real exactiy apparent, the most rigorous order ° oe given to emc:ude the public from the statioe• rricol privilege of b e i ng present at her illajestY 'a has always been hi g hly va l u ed, and on tl' e p P ieal e i' occasion the M ayor o f Wi n dsor (Mr. , i 0 tb l‘ 10 ° Ir. Alderm an Bl unt , many of the prineiP,a`to t he bitante, and a number ot ladies, has tened station, but the railway police refused thetei; been tepee. The strict orders which had evicit nr ' i t pr ° 3 issued were carried out to the letter , so the, bably, for the first time in the loyal b o rouf „ or New Windsor, its mayor was turned back 1113V-JCI vented from proceeding to the homage to his Sovereign. platforca of Wu" lip His Ruyal Highness the Prince Phi temburg left the Brunswick Hotel, Jereayc -Ir street, 011' Ye ste o ... day, on a vi s it to the Prince and Princes s of " 7 * ales t more, , • tintrf Ctlpl Et, t TM/DM? BALMOItAL, JUNE 6. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses tb° Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice, went out is the morning, and drove in th e a fternoon with their Royal Highnesses the Princess Leiningen and Pr iv CEEB Louise to the Lynn of Dee. The coconuts of the Duke of Coburg's health er o unfounded. His Royal Highness has merely bee° suffering from an attack of neuralgia. 'WINDSOR CASTLE, PINE 8 ' The Queen, accompanied by their B oyal Hig" Wle d Princess Helena, Princess Louise, PrinceLecV ld" Princess Beatrice, Prince Leiningt-n, and the Prillee o i i, Alberta of Leiningen,left Balmoral yesterday et e past twelve o'clock, and arrived at Windsor 0146° this morning at nine. The snite in attendance c°ll. sisted of Lady Churchill, the Hon. Mrs. F rilee t i Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. Grey, gr s ', 2 s :ff Miss Grey, Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, Mr .. "' and Mr. Sahl. 0 0 The Queen and Princess Louis of Hesse dr ove this morning. A 1# His Royal Highness Prince Alf r ed, attend e ' Major Cowell, arrived at the Castle yesterday fr°-